Alipheira: Temple of Athena
| PK | C7193 |
| TITLE | Alipheira: Temple of Athena |
| WGS84 | 37.528833° N, 21.866849° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.528833, 21.866849 |
| LON/LAT | 21.866849, 37.528833 |
| DMS | 37° 31' 43.7988" N | , | 21° 52' 0.6564" E |
| W3W | fishmongers, snared, divots |
| UTM | 34 S, 576592.14, 4153893.12 |
| EGSA87 | 311362, 4155390 |
| Elevation m | 666 |
| Elevation feet | 2185 |
| Region | Arcadia |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Artifacts
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Parker [2008], 102 'At the last of these sites, Alipheira (56), there has been only a single find dating to the PG - a bronze pin found at the site of the later temple of Athena, ... '2. Artifacts. Morgan [1999], 413 'The earliest find is a PG pin, and a number of the other small bronzes (notably bronze spirals and repoussee bands) ... '
3. Artifacts. Voyatzis [1995], 280 'Geometric material consists of some bronze pins and fibulae, beads and a votive Dipylon shield.'
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Protogeometric: (1100 BC - 900 BC)
a. Parker [2008]: 102, 'At the last of these sites, Alipheira (56), there has been only a single find dating to the PG - a bronze pin found at the site of the later temple of Athena, ... '
b. Morgan [1999]: 413, 'The earliest find is a PG pin, ... '
2. Geometric: (900 BC - 700 BC)
a. Parker [2008]: 102, ' ..., along with bronzes of a G date ... '
b. Morgan [1999]: 413, ' ..., while a late eighth-century date for the cult seems relatively secure, ... '
c. Voyatzis [1995]: 280, 'Geometric material consists of some bronze pins and fibulae, beads and a votive Dipylon shield.'
NOTE
1. The find was at the temple of Athena which is the location I have adopted here. Parker marks the Temple of Asclepios.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Morgan [1999]: Morgan, Catherine. ‘Cultural Subzones in Early Iron Age and Archaic Arkadia?’, In Nielsen and Roy (eds.) [1998], pp. 382 - 456. 1998, '', pg. 413.
Online here.
2. Morris [1995]: Morris, C. (ed.). KLADOS: Essays in honour of J.N. Coldstream, (BICS Supplement 63). London, 1995, '',
3. Nielsen and Roy (eds.) [2000]: Nielsen, Thomas Heine and James Roy. Defining Ancient Arcadia. Symposium, April 1-4, 1998, Acts of the Copenhagen Polis Centre (6), The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 1998., '',
4. Parker [2008]: Parker, Catherine Ruth. Arkadia in Transition: Exploring Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Human Landscapes. Ph.D. dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham. Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, School of Historical Studies. The University of Birmingham, January 2008., '', Online here.
5. Voyatzis [1995]: Voyatzis, Mary. ‘Geometric Arcadia’, in Morris [1995] 271-283, 'Alipheira', pg. 280.
Online here.